The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

νύμφη

Lemmaνύμφη
Citation formνύμφη, ης, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa bride, daughter-in-law
Strong’sG3565
Transliterationnýmphē
Definitiona young married woman (as veiled), including a betrothed girl; by implication, a son's wife
KJV glosses:--bride, daughter in law.
Derivationfrom a primary but obsolete verb (to veil as a bride; compare Latin "nupto," to marry)
SBLGNT occurrences7

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
νύμφη
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-)Luke 12:53
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-)Revelation 22:17
νύμφην
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)Matthew 10:35
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)Luke 12:53
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)John 3:29
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)Revelation 21:2
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)Revelation 21:9
νύμφης
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Revelation 18:23

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: νυμφη.